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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Officials increasingly alarmed about Trump's power grab  —  Senior Trump administration officials are increasingly alarmed that President Trump might unleash — and abuse — the power of government in an effort to overturn the clear result of the election.  —  Why it matters …
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Spies on Flynn-Trump Coup Talk  —  ‘Horrifying..embarrassing.’ It's ‘white knuckle’ time, says one former top CIA officer  —  Reports that disgraced former Army General Michael Flynn urged President Trump to declare martial law and “re-run” the election drew harsh reactions Saturday …
New York Times:
Trump Discussed Naming Campaign Lawyer as Special Counsel on Election Fraud  —  In a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president weighed appointing Sidney Powell, who promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, to probe voter fraud.  —  President Trump on Friday …
CNN:
Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of special counsel, martial law as Trump advisers clash  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump convened a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, including lawyer Sidney Powell and her client, former national security adviser Michael Flynn …
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Floats Coup Plan That's So Wild Even Rudy Giuliani Is Terrified  —  At the White House on Friday, President Trump held what may have been his most deranged meeting yet.  In it, the president raged at his loyalists for betraying him, and discussed taking extra-legal measures to overturn the election.
Tom Porter / Business Insider:
Trump raised the idea of imposing martial law to overturn the election in a White House meeting, according to reports
Discussion: CNN and Patterico's Pontifications
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Giuliani asks DHS about seizing voting machines
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:   Trump campaign told to preserve all documents related to Sidney Powell and Dominion Voting Systems
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Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Calls on Congress to Finish Virus Relief Deal Saturday  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says both the House and Senate could vote Sunday on $900 billion bill  —  WASHINGTON—Senators reached an agreement on the Federal Reserve's emergency lending powers late Saturday …
Reuters:
‘Powerful tradecraft’: how foreign cyber-spies compromised America  —  (Reuters) - Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco in late February, America's cyber defense chief boasted how well his organizations protect the country from spies.
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Wall Street Journal:
Defense Officials Push Proposal to Separate NSA, Cyber Command
Christopher Bing / Reuters:   Congress, experts worry about potential spy agency reorganization amid hack response
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
The inside story of how Trump's denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic's dark winter  —  National reporter focusing on health policy  —  Reporter covering the White House White House Bureau Chief  —  As the number of coronavirus cases ticked upward in mid-November …
Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Poll finds that Americans accept Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election — except for the Fox News viewers  —  The network has avidly promoted debunked allegations and conspiracy theories about the election result  —  A new Daily Kos/Civiqs poll confirms that a large majority of Americans accept …
Discussion: Fox News
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CNN:   Tucker Carlson's vaccine rant should be called out by every reputable news organization
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:   Rupert Murdoch Gets COVID-19 Shot While Profiting Off Vaccine Misinformation
Pranshu Verma / New York Times:
Trump Appointee Seeks to Cut Off Funding for Global Internet Access Group  —  Michael Pack, the head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, is moving to stop federal funding of the Open Technology Fund, which develops tools that allow people to get around controls on internet access.
Anand Giridharadas / The.Ink:
EXCLUSIVE: The Sacklers' group chat of pain  —  The Ink reviewed the WhatsApp text thread of a family behind the opioid crisis, as they faced — and refused to face — the walls closing in  —  For years, as an opioid crisis ravaged America, the Sackler family, which founded Purdue Pharma …
CNN:
Crushing the pandemic could pave the way for Biden's bold agenda  —  How the vaccine gets from the lab to your arm  —  Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and USA Today
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Wall Street Journal:
Amid Vaccine Rollout and Historic Hack, Trump Remains Focused on Reversing Election
Discussion: WPHM, The Guardian and Forbes
Associated Press:
Overdose deaths far outpace COVID-19 deaths in San Francisco  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far.
Discussion: Townhall
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
There are flickers of hope for local journalism.  So far, it's not nearly enough.  —  You would think that Adam Ganucheau would be feeling upbeat about the state of local journalism.  —  After all, Mississippi Today, the nonprofit, all-digital news organization where he is editor in chief, had a triumphant year.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Lou Dobbs debunks his own claims of election fraud — after a legal demand from Smartmatic  —  A fact-check segment that aired on his Fox Business show Friday will be rebroadcast on two other Fox programs this weekend  —  Something surprising happened Friday night on Lou Dobbs's top-rated show on the Fox Business Network.
 
 
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Hannah Bleau / Breitbart:
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Discussion: Hackwhackers, CBS News and NPR
Michael E. Mann / NBC News:
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Joanna Weiss / Politico:
What Happened to the Democrats Who Never Accepted Bush's Election
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Mississippi Today:
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Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
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